Monday, 16 July 2012

Rant 198 16/7/12 Subject: Petrol Gremlins

Rant number 198


Today, I had a bit of a senior moment. This is not an uncommon thing for me really. Today however, I managed to almost scupper myself.

This morning, I thought to myself 'I must fill up my tank when I get home from work.' I then promptly forgot to fill up, went home and ate soup.

I remembered though, when my fuel light popped up - just as I was joining the motorway.

Now, this was nothing much to panic about. I was actually only going about 17 miles - and I'm sure even from the red light point, I've probably got enough for quite a bit more than that.

If I'm moving along nicely that is.

Sod's law then attacked once again - and quarter of a mile passed before - low and behold, I met a wall of traffic.

Squeaky bum time indeed.

Luckily, I got to a petrol station in time -  but not after some slight stress and tension.

Now, there can conceivably only be two causes for these unfortunate events.

1) I had a bit of a blonde moment, followed by another blonde moment, followed by some bad luck.

2) I was haunted by some irritating Petrol Gremlins who were deliberately messing with me.

I think we can all agree - that it's not 1.

Petrol Gremlins creep into your car, up through your engine, into the air vents and then into you brain - to make you do stupid things.

They make you forget to fill up your tank & drink your petrol when you are feeling forgetful. They even mess with traffic - just to make things worse.

Bloody Gremlins!

Rant over.

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